TITLE: 
                        
                            A Cultural E-Government Readiness Model
                                
                                
                                    AUTHORS: 
                                            Alia Sabri, Omar Sabri, Bassam Al-Shargabi 
                                                    
                                                        KEYWORDS: 
                        Cultural Dimension; E-Government Readiness; E-Government Initiative; E-Governments Factors 
                                                    
                                                    
                                                        JOURNAL NAME: 
                        Intelligent Information Management,  
                        Vol.4 No.5, 
                        September
                                                        27,
                        2012
                                                    
                                                    
                                                        ABSTRACT: E-Government is defined as a system utilizing the Internet and the world-wide-web for delivering government informa-tion and services to citizens. This system reduces the processing costs, improves service delivery, and increases trans-parency and communication between a government and its citizens. The aim of this paper is to propose a new model to measure the readiness of e-Government according to cultural factors. By assessing to which degree these cultural factors are present/absent in a country and which of them have a significant impact on government readiness, the government will be able to identify their weakness and strength points, then build a preparing plan that can help them to achieve the readiness required toward a successful implementation of the e-Government systems.